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On Being Planners With Purpose

June 10, 2026 · 43 min

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Three conversations from the Planners With Purpose conference show what urban planning looks like when equity drives the work.

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In this episode

  • What it means to plan cities with a clear social purpose
  • How planners at the conference are connecting policy to real communities
  • The kinds of questions practitioners are asking about equity and place
  • Why Next City brought these voices together in one episode

About this episode

We are creating a podcast episode about these three episodes related to the Planners With A Purpose conference that Next City sponsored.

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